Wallpaper perforator



Feb. 3, 1948. E, T, HALL 2,435,349

WALLPAPER PERFORATOR Filed Aug. l0, 1945 Inventor EIULIS T. HALL @www WPatented Feb. 3, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALLPAPER PERFORATOREulis T. Hall, Kansas City, Mo.

Application August 10, 1945, Serial No. 610,154

2 Claims. (Cl. 164-99) This invention relates to workmens equipment andhas for its object to provide means wherebr moisture may quicklypenetrate paper on a wal in order that it will be thoroughly softenedfor rapid removal.

An object of this invention is to provide means whereby paper to beremoved from a wall may be very closely and quickly perforated for theadmission of moisture.

A further object of my invention is to provide a rotatable cylinder uponwhich is mounted a pair of semi-cylindrical steel plates thicklysurfaced with very sharp, short points which n being lightly run overthe paper on a wall will very closely perforate or puncture the samewhereby moisture applied thereto will quickly penetrate to the pastedside thereof in order to soften the dried paste as well as the paperitself in order that it may be rapidly removed from the wall.

Other features and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings inwhich:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention,

Figure 2 is an end elevational view thereof,

Figure 3 is a detail plan view of a handle receiving member, and

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

In the accompanying drawings as above enumerated and in the followingspecification, like characters of reference indicate like partsthroughout and in which III, indicates my invention which comprises acylinder I I, upon which is mounted a pair of semi-cylindrical membersI2 and I3, which are secured to the block Il, by screws I4. The membersI2 and I3, are provided with a series of rows of slightly spaced pins orthe like I5, extending entirely around the cylinder. Sockets I6 and I1,are provided in the ends I8 and I9, of the cylinder I I, to receive theinturned ends 20 and 2 I, of the spindle member 22, to which the handle23, is Xed by means of the centrally disposed shank 24, of the member22. This device rolled lightly over a papered Wall will puncture thepaper in very closely connected apertures for the admission of moisture,whereby the paste to which the paper is adhering will be softened andpractically very rapidly, permitting quick removal thereof even thoughthere may be a. number of layers of paper one upon another upon the wallbeing treated. In my tool which I have used for some time forexperimental purposes I `find that I can remove wallpaper from a wall inone-tenth of the time that it usually takes.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the inventionrelates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the inventionafter considering the description in connection with the drawings.Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details and parts suchas come within the purview of the invention claimed may be resorted to,in actual practice, if desired.

Having now described my invention that which I claim as new and desireto procure by Letters Patent is:

1. A devi-ce of the character described comprising a cylinder, a pair ofsemi-cylindrical plates closely covered with projecting very sharppoints, said cylinder being formed of a material to which the plateesmay be removably secured, means for securing the plates to the cylinder,bearings in the opposite ends of the cylinder, and a forked handlehaving means for rotatable engagement with the bearings.

2. A device of the character described comprising a solid cylinder, apair of semi-cylindrical arcuate plates on said cylinder7 means forattaching said plates to said cylinder, bearings in the ends of saidcylinder, a handle supporting `member having oppositely extending armsadjacent.

their ends to extend forwardly and parallel with the ends of saidcylinder, the terminal ends of said arms being bent inwardly to bereceived in said bearings, and a handle on said handle supportingmember.

EULIS T. HALL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,957,732 Rowe May 8, 19341,958,694 Chandler May 15, 1934 2,071,048 Sternad Feb. 16, 19372,081,219 Chandler May 25, 1937 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date128,096 Switzerland Nov. 1, 1928

